Timeline for Why do we use RGB instead of wavelengths to represent colours?

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Sep 14, 2020 at 1:48	comment	added	Michael C		Except that Bayer filters don't actually use 'Red', 'Green', and 'Blue' filters, all of the diagrams like the one above that are floating around the internet notwithstanding. Our cones aren't actually most sensitive to the same wavelengths we use for RGB color reproductions systems, either. Calling our cones R, G, and B is left over from a time before we were able to measure to what wavelengths each type of cone is most sensitive. The colors of Bayer masks more closely align with the peak sensitivity of our cones than with the wavelengths we use in RGB color reproduction systems.
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Jun 4, 2017 at 11:36	history	edited	scottbb♦	CC BY-SA 3.0	added verbiage to state that each RGB sensor pixel is _primarily_ but not exclusively responsible for its color.
Jun 4, 2017 at 11:30	history	edited	scottbb♦	CC BY-SA 3.0	added verbiage to state that each RGB sensor pixel is _primarily_ but not exclusively responsible for its color.
Jun 4, 2017 at 7:02	history	edited	scottbb♦	CC BY-SA 3.0	added Bayer diagram
Jun 4, 2017 at 6:55	history	answered	scottbb♦	CC BY-SA 3.0